Historical Lit Watch
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Compensation is Owed to Worker Walking Own Dog
February 17, 2021 | Historical Lit Watch
The employee was injured when he slipped on a log and fell while walking his dog around a lake.
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Robinhood Sued for Death of 20 Year Old Trader
February 16, 2021 | Historical Lit Watch
CW: Suicide. The trader killed himself after wrongfully believing that he owed more than $700k in order to save his family from such an extensive amount of debt.
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Damage Caused by Animals, Property Insurance Limitations
February 08, 2021 | Historical Lit Watch
The court found that an insurance policy exclusion for "domestic animals" can be interpreted in two different ways.
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Federal Judge Asks State Supreme Court for COVID-19 Ruling
January 26, 2021 | Historical Lit Watch
Differing interpretations of Ohio law by various courts will undermine the uniform application of the law to litigants in similar situations.
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Court: Law Does Not Preclude Enforcement of Policies Notice Requirements
January 20, 2021 | Historical Lit Watch
The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, has determined that in the case of a personal injury action that was reported after a renewal policy began, but outside of the depicted reporting periods, New York insurance law does not preclude enforcement of claims-made-and-reported policy's notice requirements.
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Does Insurer have a Duty to Defend Vape Store in Personal Injury Suit?
January 14, 2021 | Historical Lit Watch
The suit was brought against a vape store by a customer who suffered severe burns after e-cigarette batteries exploded in his pocket.
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Sea Captain Gets $11M After Injury on Unseaworthy Vessel
January 06, 2021 | Historical Lit Watch
An appeals court in New Orleans has unanimously affirmed a district court's ruling that a sea captain is entitled to more than $11 million in lost future earnings after he was injured tripping over a stair in a hatch door, despite being the employee of no one.
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Court Refuses to Dismiss COVID Suit Based on Communicable Disease Endorsement
January 04, 2021 | Historical Lit Watch
A California federal district court has refused to dismiss a COVID-19 related coverage suit filed by a San Diego preschool against it's insurer based on a communicable disease exclusion in the school's insurance policy.
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Insurer Sues Policyholder Over Coverage for Opioid Litigation
December 14, 2020 | Historical Lit Watch
In a 600 page complaint, the insurers are seeking a declaration that they are not obligated to defend or indemnify McKesson Corporation against lawsuits seeking to hold McKesson liable for its role in the opioids epidemic under insurance policies issued by AIG to McKesson.
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Illinois Supreme Court Corrects Error of Policy Interpretation
December 14, 2020 | Historical Lit Watch
The Illinois Supreme Court has once again corrected an error of insurance policy interpretation by the Illinois Appellate Court, Fifth District and held that the mechanical device exclusion in the policy in question was not ambiguous.